AD ARC Archives - ADR Wales

ADR UK invests further funding in AD|ARC

7 March 2023

ADR UK is providing a second phase of funding for the Administrative Data | Agricultural Research Collection (AD|ARC) programme. This four-nation project will increase understanding of farmer and farm household…

Farming and farmers in Northern Ireland: Working in partnership to create a data linking project

1 September 2022

In this latest edition of the AD|ARC blog series, Orla Bateson from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) discusses the development of the Census Agricultural Research Study (CARS) and the next steps…

AD|ARC – Forging and strengthening a UK-wide administrative data research network

15 March 2022

Nicholas Webster is a Senior Analyst for the Administrative Data | Agricultural Research Collection. Here he discusses how the project is forging new connections across government, academia and the agricultural sector…

AD|ARC: ADR Scotland working in partnership to deliver a UK-wide data linking project

2 February 2022

Dave Grzybowski, Team Leader of the Scottish Government Data Acquisition Team in ADR Scotland, discusses how colleagues in Scotland are supporting the Administrative Data|Agricultural Research Collection (AD|ARC) project, its impact and building on…

How can data linking support the delivery of a new agricultural policy in England? A Defra perspective

2 September 2021

Dave Fernall, statistician in the Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Farming Statistics team and lead for the Administrative Data | Agricultural Research Collection (AD|ARC) project in England, shares his personal views on how…

AD|ARC: Linking Government data to support Farming in Scotland

22 July 2021

Alastair McAlpine is a Senior Statistician in the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environmental Sciences and Analytical Services division and is also an ADR UK Ambassador. Here he discusses how the AD|ARC (Administrative…

How can data linking help to strengthen farmers across the UK? A public health perspective

23 March 2021

In the latest in the AD|ARC blog series, Alisha Davies from Public Health Wales discusses the importance of linked administrative data for improving the lives of farmers and farming communities across the UK. Agriculture…

AD|ARC: Understanding the people who live and work on farms

15 February 2021

Paul Caskie, Principal Investigator for Administrative Data | Agricultural Research Collection (AD|ARC), discusses how the project started and how it’s going. What prompted AD|ARC, and what’s it about? We know that…

ADR UK funds innovative data research project to improve the lives and productivity of farmers across the UK

6 October 2020

ADR UK has today (6 October 2020) announced a grant of almost £600,000 to harness the potential of administrative data to better understand the characteristics of farm households with a view to improving…